A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Phek in India on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 95.1458° East, 25.1111° North, depth 88.1 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:00:07 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100087d0. Unique identifier: us100087d0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/03/17 / 2017-03-06 21:30:07 / March 6, 2017 @ 9:30 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.1 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Phek. Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Phek (c. 15 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km SE of Phek, India.
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